She turned heads in the tennis world at the WTA 1000 tournament in Madrid (defeated in the 1/8 finals by Aryna Sabalenko), and now she is making a splash at Roland Garros: Mirra Andreeva reached the second round after four wins in two sets .

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Mirra Andreeva in the second round of Roland Garros

At the age of only 16, Andreeva defeated Polina Kudermetova (6-1, 6-4), Emiliana Arango (6-0, 6-2) and Camila Osorio Serrano (7-6(8), 6-4 / Colombian, and then eliminated Ana Bohdan).

Mirra, ranked 143rd in the world, beat American Alison Riske-Amritrai (85 WTA, former 18th place) 6-2, 6-1 on Tuesday. The match lasted only 56 minutes.

In the second round, the athlete from Russia will play the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Diane Parry (79th WTA, wildcard) and Ukrainian Angelina Kalinina (25th favorite).

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Andreeva already has 26 wins this year and has won two ITF W60 tournaments in Switzerland: she won in Chiasso (where she also beat Oleksandra Kadants-Ignatic) and in Bellinzona.

The player from Russia has only three defeats in 2023: against Alina Korneeva (Australian Open – junior final), Aryna Sabalenko (WTA Madrid – round of 16) and Camilla Rakhimova (Paris Challenger – round of 16).

The Roland Garros tournament takes place from May 28 to June 11, has a total prize pool of 49.6 million euros, and is the 127th tournament. Iga Sviatek and Rafael Nadal (14-time winner in Paris) became the champions of the title.